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• A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second
  with a husband it runs the other way. -- Honore de Balzac...
• Behind every great fortune there is a crime. -- Honore de Balzac (1799-1850)
• The more you judge, the less you love. -- Honore de Balzac
• An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. -- Honore de Balzac
• Completion of any task within the allocated time and budget does not bring credit upon the performing personnel- it merely proves the task was easier than expected.
  Failure to complete any task within the allocated time and budget proves the task was more difficult than expected and requires promotion for those in charge....
• Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. -- Honore de Balzac
• Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
  -- Fyodor Dostoyevski (1821-1881)...
• The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
  -- Mother Teresa, quoted in "Time", 4 December 1989...